Smagacz, Barbara Gagosz

February 07, 2003

SMAGACZ, Barbara Gagosz

Barbara (Tofil) Gagosz Smagacz, 90, of Hartford, wife of the late Joseph Gagosz and the late Albert Smagacz, died Wednesday, (February 6, 2003) at an area convalescent home. Born and raised in Hartford, she had lived in Plainville for 30 years returning to Hartford five years ago. Barbara was a communicant of St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, Hartford. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Donald Pinard of Hartford; a brother and sister-in-law, Walter and Helen Tofil of Wilson; five grandchildren, Sharon Turcotte and her husband, Don of Chicopee, MA, Joyce Leone and her husband, Mark of New Britain, Russell Kucia and his wife, Lisa of Suffield, Joseph Pinard of Plainville and Donna Pinard of Wethersfield and her fiance, Armand Payer; four great grandchildren, Paul and Daniel Leone and Mitchell and Sean Kucia; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Hilary Kucia and two sisters. Funeral procession will be Saturday, 10:45 a.m. from the Sheehan-Hilborn-Breen Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain Ave., West Hartford, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 11:30 a.m. in St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, Hartford. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Calling hours will be, TODAY, from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, 494 New Britain Ave., Hartford, CT 06106.